Man Jumps To Death From Chasm View Overlook

Rangers and members of the parkâs volunteer climbing ranger team recovered the body of a 21-year-old man at the base of Chasm View overlook on Friday, September 19th. Heâd been reported missing on Tuesday, and rangers found his car at the overlook after receiving an âattempt to locateâ message from the local sheriffâs office. Rangers spotted what appeared to be a body at the base of the overlook, an observation that was confirmed by members of a hasty search team who hiked into the canyon that afternoon. A recovery team entered the canyon and prepared the body for extraction via helicopter long-line. Investigators determined that heâd fallen about 1800 feet. A forensic autopsy was conducted and the medical examiner has ruled the death a suicide.